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Hey.....im trying to use remote assistance to control a friend's computer to fix some problems for him. He fully knows of what im trying to do and even told me his password (just in case). Can someone please tell me how to make it happen now. We're both running WinXP …

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Hi There Can someone give me a idiots gide with step by step instructions on how to reinstall my windows 2000 pro i have lodes of things wrong with my computer to many to list. I did a repear it sorted some of them out but not the importent one's …

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Ah, the frustrations of dealing with the big guys... So I followed HP's instructions in updating my HP Pavilion a420n (A7V8X-LA motherboard) except for one thing: at one point, the HP web site tells me: "8. If you see the following message during the restart of your PC, continue with …

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On my computer we have three different log-on accounts. One of the accounts doesn't work anymore. Whenever you log on the whole thing freezes, the clock won't change and nothing will work. I decided to call my computer company (dell) and they said that I have a corrupt profile. They …

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I have to OS both XP, I want to delete the one on C:\. Is formating the only way to do this.

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The other day i moved my pc from one room 2 another and now it will not boot. Once turned on it says to insert a boot diskette in the drive and press any key. I inserted my xp boot cd and began the installation process. The first part of …

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This is my first time using a forum. I'm getting horizontal lines from my text and other graphics. Replaced the monitor and its still there. Don't think it's my card. Please help

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I have Windows XP SP2 fully up to date. Lately, I've been hearing a sound that sounds like a camera shutter or the click sound used as the default "Start Navigation" sound in Explorer. It is usually two or three clicks in rapid succession. It doesn't seem to be related …

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I saved this website on my desktop and with it a folder was saved on my desktop as well. the format i saved it in was in webpage complete(*htm, *html) . now im tryin to delete the folder and it wont go away. the error message says that its being …

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windows update can't download hi guys i can't download the latest patches for windows [i have a legit key] i contact microsoft support and was advice to do this: If you are running Ad-aware, ZoneAlarm, PC-Cillin, Norton Antivirus, Norton Internet Security, Norton Personal Firewall, McAfee, Proxomitron pop-up blocker, Ad Muncher, …

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Hello all. A new poster here. Seems like quite the community you all have here. Congrats! I have a tech question I need help with. I recently flashed/updated my Bios. Everything went smoothly with the exception of my mouse not working through the PS/2 port. It is a Logitech MX1000 …

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I have looked it up and it says that when you want a clean install of Windows XP, you go into the os disk and press repair or install. i went into the os disk and it says that i can install it but when i press it, it says …

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Norton removed Trojan.Byte.Verify and it came back 2 months later! I followed the steps from [URL=http://http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.byteverify.html]HelpFromsecurityresponse[/URL] It came back, please help!!

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my disk drive to my computer(Dell Demention desktop) wont open when i push the button and the activity light doesnt come on either...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated... Thanx

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hi, i'm really a newbie and hoping that anyone can help me with this. I have a Window XP installed running IE6. i sometime run registryfix to clean up window. ...recently, when i run registryfix, it stops at HKey_Current_User/software/microsoft/internet explorer/main/showedcheckbrowser. ...It stops and then abort the operation of registryfix. Thus …

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I am kinda computer illiterate, so bare with me... I wanted to get a USB kit to convert my VHS/DVD to my computer and my friend told me I should make sure my computer has a graphic card before I buy it (I have a Windows XP type: 2366-85U). I …

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when i try to run reg edit i get this error mess. 16 bit MS-DOS Subsystem C:\windows\system 32\regedit.co The NTVDM cpu has encountered a illegal instruction.CS:0577ip:9c3fop:of0400 1004.choose close to close the programme. Thanks Dave

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dear sir, we r wrking on a project which requires output with high performance & speed (i.e we want an our system to perform 2000 queries in 30ms , for which we are using WINDOWS SERVER-2003 & XENON Dual processor(3.8 GHz) with 1Gb RAM and with latest configuration) ,but we …

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dear sir, we r wrking on a project which requires output with high performance & speed (i.e we want an our system to perform 2000 queries in 30ms , for which we are using WINDOWS SERVER-2003 & XENON Dual processor(3.8 GHz) with 1Gb RAM and with latest configuration) ,but we …

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I'm working on someones 6000 series compaq computer. The original harddrive was replaced and windows was reinstalled on the new harddrive. The problem is when i got to boot it up it goes through POST, i see the compaq screen then i see the windows loading screen and from there …

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I am trying to install some software on WIndows 2000 pro and I get: "Preparing to install" forever (it simply gets stuck at this stage) Any Idea? Thanks

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I have a system with winXP embedded already installed. Now I need to install software for my company but it requires Internet Information Services. But I dont know how to install it. In winXP embedded the Add/Remove Windows Components button is disabled so I cant install it from there. I …

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Hi all, Basically I have an AMD 64 x2, should this show up as two processors in task manager or just the one? :confused:

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i know that there are countless dual boot threads, but i didn't see the one that i was looking for. i have win xp pro on my computer. i just installed a hdd out of an old computer that has win 98 on it. i am wondering if it will …

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:o I have almost tried EVERYTHING That I know of Besides, Throwing This Computer Out MY Window..Someone PLEASE HELP ME ... I have always Played games from games.com and had no issues, I have always checked my hotmail and had no issues NOW. I get "sorry we were unable to …

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ok when i play wc3 my cpu freezes... this never happen for a long long time... before when i had a geforce 4 mx 440 it freezes but i switch it to geforce fx 5200 and it didn't freeze but lately it starting to freeze again... i wonder is it …

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Hi everyone. Ok, I know how to reformat a computer, but I have a question. My computer has two hard drives, well actually three because two of them mirror each other on a RAID 0 configuration. Anyways, Windows is installed on my RAID 0 configured hard drive, which in total …

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Hi Folks Recently I've been getting a problem where whenever I try and run video from desktop, whether it be from media player, realplayer, quicktime etc. the computer near freezes up and I get 98-99% cpu usage on whichever player I'm running. This happens with video being displayed in websites …

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I just got done upgrading my computer from me to xp and when i restarted the computer it booted up just fine untill after the windows logo it goes to a black screen with little white dots at the side of the screen. Can some one help me!!!! :sad:

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